List of Famous people born in Attica Region, Greece
Nikolaos Sakellariou
Georgios Fatouros
Anna Benaki-Psarouda
Anna Benaki-Psarouda is a Greek lawyer, New Democracy politician and academician.
Irma Kolassi
Tatiani Katrantzi
Michalis Rakintzis
Mihalis Rakintzis is a Greek singer. He was born in Athens, on 3 April 1957, and studied Mechanical Engineering in Great Britain. From 1982 to 1985, he participated at a rock group called Scraptown. After three albums & a maxi-single Scraptown split up and Rakintzis started a solo career.
Christos M. Joachimides
Tina Birbili
Konstantina Birbili, commonly known as Tina Birbili, was the Minister for the Environment, Energy and Climate Change of Greece until June 17, 2011. Birbili was the first holder of this office, which was created to succeed the former Ministry for the Environment, Physical Planning and Public Works by Greek prime minister George Papandreou in October 2009.
Sophroniscus
Sophroniscus, husband of Phaenarete, was the father of the philosopher Socrates.
Mariana Efstratiou
Maria-Anastasia (Marianna) Efstratiou is a Greek singer, connected on several occasions with the Eurovision Song Contestin Norway. In 1987, she appeared as a backing singer for the duo Bang. Efstratiou won the Greek national song contest in 1989, overcoming Greek superstar Anna Vissi, and represented Greece in Lausanne with To Diko Sou Asteri. The song was placed ninth. In 1996, ERT selected her to represent Greece again, this time with the song Emis forame to himona anixiatika, but the song could only manage 14th place in Oslo. Efstratiou sang a number of songs in the semi-finals of the Greek national contest in 1998, none of which won. She has worked with Mimmis Plessas and she also starred on stage on several occasions. She has published two records and a promo cd single. On her debut album there's her cover of "Twist in My Sobriety", originally sung by Tanita Tikaram. She has also participated in the theatrical play Pornography by Manos Hatzidakis. Currently, she is the lead singer of the jazz ensemble Nova Mood.